Best The Mendoza Line Podcasts (2024)

"Everlasting Love"Plenty of people have gone it alone in music--blues and folk musicians are well-acquainted with being on stage with just a handful of songs and acoustic guitar. But for a new wave artist back in the early '80s, it wasn't a common thing to be a one man band. And Howard Jones was exactly that. In an age where multiple-membered outfi…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0393: Karen Haglof (Band of Susans) 1:04:14

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"One Hand Up"Karen Haglof has had many lives--and she's lived them with creative poise and artistic grace. The Minnesota-born musician put herself on the musical map with Steve Almaas in the band The Crackers before joining the indie rock orchestra Rhys Chatham’s Ensemble. From there, and by the way, this is a clumsy expurgate list of Hagloff's acc…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0392: Mark Gardener (Ride) & Ryan Policky (A Shoreline Dream) 1:29:15

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"Whitelined"Formed in Barnum, Colorado in the early oughts by pals Ryan Policky and Erik Jeffries, A Shoreline Dream wasted no time in establishing themselves as a band to be reckoned with. No scruffy apprentice years here--albums like Avoiding The Consequences and Losing Them All To This Time were fully formed blasts of bruising guitars drenched i…

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Week XIII: The Astros are Coming!!! 1:52:32

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0391: Billy Morrison (Billy Idol, The Cult) 1:18:45

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"The Morrison Project"The London-born guitarist and singer/songwriter Billy Morrison has two main components to his life and for the purposes of this introduction, I'm going to tell you about the musical one. The other one I'll let him tell you aboutbecause he'll tell it far better than I can. So: the musical one. After playing in bands like Into A…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0390: Shannon McArdle (The Mendoza Line) 1:34:44

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“4th of July Special: What's The Point Of A Strawberry?”Well, not counting the fact that they lower your blood pressure, are high in fiber, rich in antioxidants and guard you from cancer, strawberries are pretty much useless. In this wildly discursive 4th of July chat with singer-songwriter Shannon McArdle, the Brooklyn musician talks to Alex about…

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Mid-Season Predictions Check-in! 1:15:22

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Panthers 1:05:35

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Florida Panthers wining the Stanley Cup (00:00-07:15), Connor McDavid winning the Conn Smythe (07:15-13:56), give the Florida Panthers their flowers (13:56-22:16), and why the Cup Final was watched a lot but the NHL schedule sucks (22:16-24:23). They then breakdown where do the Oilers go from here (24:23…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0389: Nick Heyward (Haircut 100) 1:35:08

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"Fantastic Day"Formed in 1980 in London, the new wave funk outfit Haircut 100 are one of those bands that tore right out of the gates. A top four single Favourite Shirts (Boy Meets Girl) before even having a record out was a pretty propelling start. That record came in the form of 1982's platinum seller Pelican West, whichnot only went to #2 on the…

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Week XII: Nobody Compares To The Say Hey Kid 2:17:28

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Mendoza Line 1:03:20

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Stanley Cup Final going way too long (00:00-11:02), if the Oilers could push the Cup to a game 7 (11:02-16:37), Pierre-Luc Dubois being traded to Washington for Darcy Kuemper (16:37-28:20). They then dive into Barclay Goodrow being claimed off waivers by the San Jose Sharks (28:20-42:11), Pascal Vincent …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0388: Jad Fair (Half Japanese) 58:18

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"A Master Class In Songwriting"Jad Fair is probably best known as one half of Half Japanese. Formed with his brother David in 1974, the Maryland by way of Michigan outift remain one of the more curious entires into the pantheon of rock and roll. Their songs are jagged and battered mini-anthems about broken hearts, monsters and...broken hearts and m…

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Hater 52:52

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On this episode, Mike is joined by Ian Tulloch to discuss The Leafs (00:00-04:18), Alex Steen being set to become the next St. Louis Blues GM (04:18-09:54), Jalen Chatfield signing an extension with Carolina and the Hurricanes offseason outlook (09:50-17:52), and CapFriendly reportedly being bought by the Washington Capitals (17:52-27:21). They the…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0387: Logan Lynn 1:11:23

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"Softcore"With over ten albums under his musical belt, Logan Lynn has firmly established himself as a singular and dynamic talent. First of all, Lynn is a musician, writer, producer, filmmaker, television personality, mental health advocate, and LGBT activist. He's worked with everyone from the Get-Up Kids to Portugal the Man to the comic Jay Mohr …

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Week XI: Mendoza Line of Suck-itude 1:46:35

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Stanley Cup Preview 44:47

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel preview, breakdown, and give their predictions for the Stanley Cup final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. Jumpstart helps kids overcome financial barriers to sport. Help them get more kids into the game by donating at ⁠jumpstart.canadiantire.ca⁠ Shop Merch: ⁠⁠https://staffgraph.myshopify.com/⁠⁠ Beac…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0386: Vin Dombroski (Sponge) 1:03:43

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"Planet Girls"Sponge's new album Planet Girls is a thrilling listen. But here's the thing: it isn't new. Recorded back in 1999, when the band turned the record in to the company, the folks in charge didn't think the material would connect with the current cultural zeitgeist. So what did they do? They shelved it. Big mistake. A dynamic blast of hook…

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Week X: Windy City Woes 2:06:09

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Nurse 55:45

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Oilers Stars (00:00-28:48), Don Wadell being hired by Columbus and Eric Tulsky being named interim GM of Carolina (28:48-34:33), and the Panthers Rangers series (34:33-44:08). They then dive into Minnesota winning the Walter Cup and the PWHL season as a whole (44:08-END)! Jumpstart helps kids overcome fi…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0385: Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) 1:16:03

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"A Few Good Moments"So: how much of a legend is the Winnipeg-born Burton Cummings? Well, let's just start with these few facts and we'll work our way backwards. He's been inducted into both the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame. He's been named as an officer of the Order of Canada and both the Burton Cum…

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Week IX: Pour One Out for the UCLs 1:49:19

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Berube's Tomato Soup 1:00:08

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On this episode, Mike Stephens and Rachel Doerrie discuss Ryan McDonough being re-aquired by Tampa Bay and how signing bonuses work (00:00-15:54). They then breakdown Sheldon Keefe being hired by New Jersey (15:54-35:17) and Craig Berube officially being hired by Toronto (35:17-END). Jumpstart helps kids overcome financial barriers to sport. Help t…

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0384: Don Was 1:13:37

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"Detroit Soul"The six-time Grammy-Award winning Don Was' resume has more highlights than a Steph Curry career retrospective. It's just three pointer after three pointer with this guy. The Detroit-born musician, producer, film composer, documentarian and record executive got his start in the high school outfit The Saturns, but his band Was (Not Was)…

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Week VIII: Revenge of the Bottom-feeders 2:08:41

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Welcome to Covering Our Bases! From Mets to Mariners, we breakdown baseball’s biggest highlights and headlines with unique context from every MLB team’s perspective. As we Cover Our Bases, we aim to educate, entertain, and engage the average baseball fan who just doesn’t have the time to follow THE OTHER 29 teams in the league. Expect the fun story…

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Titan 52:45

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel dive into the Knicks incredible pregame speech (00:00-02:35), Craig Berube looking like he will be the guy for Toronto (02:35-16:28), whether or not the the Hurricanes can come back and goaltending being crucial in the playoffs (16:28-27:15). They also discuss Valeri Nichushkin being placed in Stage 3 of the Player …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0383: Handsome Dick Manitoba (The Dictators) 1:16:00

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"Bloodbrothers"The Bronx-born Richard Blum took his love of wrestling and Catskill Mountains humor and created Handsome Dick Manitoba, the wildly charismatic frontman of the legendary proto-punk outfit The Dictators. Along with his childhood best friend Scott Kempner, Andy Shernoff, Ross Friedman and Stu Boy King, The Dictators tore out of the gate…

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Let Both Teams Lose 1:00:02

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Leafs press conference (00:00-17:04), Boston Bruins struggling and whether the league is in favour of the Panthers (17:04-36:03), the Rangers being really good (36:03-49:09), and the Oilers Canucks series (49:09-END). Jumpstart helps kids overcome financial barriers to sport. Help them get more kids into…

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Accountability 1:33:55

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel do a deep dive on the Toronto Maple Leafs including a recap of this Leafs era (00:00-13:39), the "we're right there" comments (13:39-21:50), Morgan Rielly and the PR nightmare of the Leafs this season (21:50-35:27), William Nylander (35:27-38:12), Mitch Marner (38:12-01:10:32), Brendan Shanahan (01:10:32-01:18:06), …

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Stereo Embers The Podcast 0382: Abigail Lapell 56:16

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"Anniversary"Abigail Lapell is one of the most arresting voices in modern music. The Canadian-born singer-songwriter has been on an undeniable winning streak since her 2011 debut album Survivor. She followed that up with stunners like 2017's Hide Nor Hair, 2022's Stolen Time and her brand new one Anniversary. We'll get to Anniversary in a second bu…

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Eat Crow 1:14:15

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On this episode, Mike and Rachel discuss the Leafs win games 5 and 6 (00:00-10:37), Winnipeg being eliminated (10:37-25:48), Tampa being eliminated (25:48-48:35), Dallas' comeback (48:35-53:29), Todd Reirden being fired by the Penguins (53:29-01:05:03), PWHL Report (01:05:03-END). Jumpstart helps kids overcome financial barriers to sport. Help them…

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